Find Usb Serial Number Registry

Alternatively one can retrieve it from registry using Registry Editor or WMIC Tool. The serial number is recorded in: HKEYLOCALMACHINE SOFTWARE VC System Information 'SerialNumber'='S1181'. And can also be retrieve using the WMIC command: bios get serialnumber. Be aware that USBDeview cannot detect drive letters of USB hard-disks. Serial Number: Specifies the serial number of the device. This column is only relevant to mass storage devices (flash memory devices, CD/DVD drives, and USB hard-disks). Registry Time 1: This date/time value is taken from the timestamp of the device Registry key.

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This topic describes the device-specific registry entries.

Find device information after it enumerates on Windows

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View the device interface GUID, Hardware Id, and device class information about your device

  1. Find this registry key and note the DeviceInstance value:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlDeviceClasses

  2. Find the device instance registry key and get the device interface GUID:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetEnumUSB<hardware id><instance id>Device Parameters

  3. Under the device instance key, note the device class, subclass, and protocol codes:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetEnumUSB

Registry settings for configuring USB driver stack behavior

Find Usb Serial Number Registry

The registry entries described in this topic are found under this key:

In the vvvvpppprrrrr key,

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  • vvvv is a 4-digit hexadecimal number that identifies the vendor
  • pppp is a 4-digit hexadecimal number that identifies the product
  • rrrr is a 4-digit hexadecimal number that contains the revision number of the device.

Usb Serial Number Registry

The vendor ID, product ID, and revision number values are obtained from the USB device descriptor.The following table describes the possible registry entries for the vvvvpppprrrrr key. The USB driver stack considers these entries as read-only values.

Find Usb Serial Number In Registry

Registry entryDescriptionPossible values

osvc

REG_BINARY

Supported on Windows XP and later versions.

Indicates whether the operating system queried the device for Microsoft-Defined USB Descriptors. If the previously-attempted OS descriptor query was successful, the value contains the vendor code from the OS string descriptor.

  • 0x0000: The device did not provide a valid response to the Microsoft OS string descriptor request.

  • 0x01xx: The device provided a valid response to the Microsoft OS string descriptor request, where xx is the bVendorCode contained in the response.

IgnoreHWSerNum

REG_BINARY

Supported on Windows Vista and later versions.

Indicates whether the USB driver stack must ignore the serial number of the device.

  • 0x00: The setting is disabled.

  • 0x01: Forces the USB driver stack to ignore the serial number of the device. Therefore, the device instance is tied to the port to which the device is attached.

ResetOnResume

REG_BINARY

Supported on Windows Vista and later versions.

Indicates whether the USB driver stack must reset the device when the port resumes from a sleep cycle.

  • 0x0000: The setting is disabled.

  • 0x0001: Forces the USB driver stack to reset a device on port resume.

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